Late at night, the small courtyard of the back house of the government office was quiet.
Al-Ling, who always liked to jump up and down at night, disappeared, and Zhong Xiaoyan and Lianyu were also sent away by Lin Ji.
In the pavilion on one side of the courtyard, Lin Ji and Feng Zhiruo sat opposite each other, with a fragrant fruit wine on the table.
This was something he had snatched from a monkey on the way to the capital when he was a head hunter in Qingyang County. He had not drunk it for a long time, so he kept it hidden.
"Speaking of which, I promised the Monkey King that I should repay him in the future." Lin Ji said with a chuckle.
It sounds like a long time ago, but it was only three or four years ago.
"Then what?" Feng Zhiruo asked casually.
"Then I completely forgot about it, but I had been to that mountain forest before when the demons were making trouble in Jingzhou, and the monkeys had long since disappeared. I guess they were beaten by some big demon. ." Lin Ji shook his head.
Feng Zhiruo laughed dumbly.
Lin Ji drank all the wine in the cup, and then asked: "When will the Immortal Envoy from the Eternal Life Palace come? It's a knife in the morning and a knife in the evening. He will never let us wait for ten and a half days." Moon, right?"
"I don't know either, but I think I'll wait for the people from the Compilation Department to spread the news. They will come in a few days." Feng Zhiruo said, "The purpose of their coming to Weizhou is probably just to check for fraud. The news from Fa Shen and me has now come to fruition, and there will be no delay at the Eternal Life Palace."
After a pause, Feng Zhiruo's tone became a little more serious.
"After all, it involves Yizhou Dragon Vein, and this matter is also a top priority for the Changsheng Palace. There have been so many accidents, and they will not continue to be careless."
Not long after Feng Zhiruo finished speaking, a breeze suddenly blew in the courtyard beside them.
The wind came suddenly, with a bit of strangeness and warmth.
It's already a bit cool in Victoria in September, which is why the warmth seems so unexpected.
Lin Ji and Feng Zhiruo turned back almost at the same time, and then they saw an additional figure in the yard.
He was a middle-aged man with a thin face but piercing eyes.
There was a slight smile on his lips, as if he was sure of winning everything. Even when Lin Ji and Feng Zhiruo looked at him unscrupulously, he seemed unafraid.
But that’s how it should be.
How could a monk who had entered Taoism feel the least bit afraid when facing two Japanese travellers?
"Fellow Daoist Fan, long time no see." Feng Zhiruo smiled as a greeting.
Fan Yang nodded in response and looked at Lin Ji again.
Feng Zhiruo introduced: "This is one of the immortal envoys I told you about. His name is Fan Yang... Speaking of which, you have something to do with him."
"How do you say that?" Lin Ji was a little curious.
"He was sent from Qingcheng."
"So that's it." Lin Ji suddenly realized, and then looked at Fan Yang with a hint of familiarity in his eyes, "Lin also has some friendship with the Qingcheng sect."
Lin Ji and Feng Zhiruo spoke briskly, as if they didn't care about Fan Yang's appearance.
Fan Yang was also puzzled.
"It seems that you two have expected Fan to come, but now that Fan has arrived, why are you not worried at all? Do you think you can escape from Fan?"
Hearing this, Feng Zhiruo shook his head slightly, and Lin Ji almost laughed out loud.
If it was during the day, he might still be a little panicked.
But at this moment?
"Maybe we are not the ones who have to worry about whether we can escape." Lin Ji smiled.
Hearing this, Fan Yang was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to notice something, his childish eyes shrank suddenly.
In the next moment, his figure was no longer in the courtyard, and he turned around and ran away without saying a word.
But as fast as he escaped, there were others faster than him.
In mid-air, an invisible wave passed through, which was the inconspicuous sword energy.
But just such a sword energy without any power caught up with Fan Yang who had already fled away in the blink of an eye.
After that, Lin Ji and Feng Zhiruo could no longer be seen.
"As expected of a prosperous monk, Lin is convinced by such speed." Lin Ji sighed.
Feng Zhiruo also nodded and said: "Then Fan Yang is indeed a person, and his speed is considered to be the best among monks who have entered the Tao. I have dealt with him in the previous life, and he has always been cautious. It is not surprising that he has such a means of escaping. "
"Hey, it's a bit similar to Lin... After all, if you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood. If you lose your life, you'll lose everything. Everything is not as important as saving your life." Lin Ji smiled.
Feng Zhiruo said a little weirdly: "That's what I said, but fellow Taoist Lin didn't show any mercy when he needed to fight. Zhou Li also died unjustly. His Ten Thousand Ghosts Unity is a great supernatural power that can truly compete with Taoist monks head-on." ”
"If you don't kill him, Lin will die. Of course you have to fight hard." Lin Ji said.
You are fighting to save your life, there is nothing wrong with that.
While the two were talking about something, there was a sudden muffled sound in front of them.
It was Fan Yang who was thrown in front of the two of them like a dead dog.
Lin Ji swept his consciousness and discovered that his cultivation had been abolished.
It takes less than a cup of tea.
Not daring to delay, Lin Ji quickly stood up and looked at the old man with white hair who had fallen into the courtyard and slowly walked towards him.
"Mr. Gao's cultivation is unparalleled, and the younger generation admires him."
Feng Zhiruo also stood up and saluted the man.
She was naturally the eldest in terms of seniority, but the cultivation level of the person in front of her had already surpassed her peak.
No matter what, this junior's courtesy can be tolerated by the other party.
"Ha, I haven't seen you for a long time, but you are still so cautious." Gao Qunshu had a smile in his eyes, and the sword in his hand was slung behind his back again.
He came to the pavilion with brisk steps. Without looking at Fan Yang on the ground, he picked up the wine pot containing monkey wine and took a sip from the spout.
Then, he wiped his mouth directly with his sleeve.
Lin Ji was a little bewildered by such a dissolute behavior.
Although Gao Qunshu, the former head of the Supervisory Department, was not a pretentious person, he was still an extremely serious person, so how could he do such a thing.
As if aware of Lin Ji's surprise, Gao Qunshu grinned.
"See the clear nature of the mind."
Lin Ji was stunned.
"What's the meaning?"
He naturally knows the meaning of these four words. This is a Buddhist saying, which means abandoning disguise and expressing one's true nature.
But he didn't understand why Gao Qunshu mentioned this now.
But Feng Zhiruo on the side understood it.
She was shocked: "Have you come to this point?"
After seeing Gao Qunshu nodding, she was so shocked that she could barely stand and sat down.
Gao Qunshu looked at Lin Ji with a smile.
"The closer you get to the Dao, the more it will be like this. Every step a monk takes to enter the Dao is equivalent to lifting the veil on the Dao... It is self-enlightenment, and the Dao is itself."
Lin Ji finally understood.
"So the closer you get to the enlightenment, the more you will reveal your true nature? Eventually, after the enlightenment, you will reach the state of seeing the clear nature of the mind?"
"Not bad." Gao Qunshu nodded.
"Then you...?"
"Almost, but not yet."
When he said this, the smile on Gao Qunshu's face really couldn't stop.
Having been the head of the Heavenly Supervision Department for many years, it was nothing to him to be able to express his emotions and anger.
But he didn't restrain himself at all.
So Lin Ji understood... he was really fast, even much faster than he himself entered the Tao.
